Afghanistan - Mortality rate
Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births)
The value for Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births) in Afghanistan was 58.00 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 358.20 in 1960 and a minimum value of 58.00 in 2020.
Definition: Under-five mortality rate is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.
Source: Estimates Developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 358.20 |
| 1961 | 352.20 |
| 1962 | 346.30 |
| 1963 | 340.60 |
| 1964 | 335.10 |
| 1965 | 329.80 |
| 1966 | 324.40 |
| 1967 | 318.80 |
| 1968 | 313.30 |
| 1969 | 307.90 |
| 1970 | 302.10 |
| 1971 | 296.60 |
| 1972 | 291.00 |
| 1973 | 285.40 |
| 1974 | 279.60 |
| 1975 | 273.80 |
| 1976 | 268.00 |
| 1977 | 262.10 |
| 1978 | 256.00 |
| 1979 | 249.70 |
| 1980 | 243.60 |
| 1981 | 237.20 |
| 1982 | 230.70 |
| 1983 | 224.20 |
| 1984 | 217.50 |
| 1985 | 210.90 |
| 1986 | 204.40 |
| 1987 | 197.70 |
| 1988 | 191.20 |
| 1989 | 184.70 |
| 1990 | 178.40 |
| 1991 | 172.20 |
| 1992 | 166.30 |
| 1993 | 160.70 |
| 1994 | 155.50 |
| 1995 | 150.60 |
| 1996 | 146.00 |
| 1997 | 141.50 |
| 1998 | 137.30 |
| 1999 | 133.20 |
| 2000 | 129.20 |
| 2001 | 125.20 |
| 2002 | 121.10 |
| 2003 | 116.90 |
| 2004 | 112.60 |
| 2005 | 108.40 |
| 2006 | 104.10 |
| 2007 | 99.90 |
| 2008 | 95.70 |
| 2009 | 91.70 |
| 2010 | 87.80 |
| 2011 | 84.00 |
| 2012 | 80.30 |
| 2013 | 76.90 |
| 2014 | 73.60 |
| 2015 | 70.40 |
| 2016 | 67.50 |
| 2017 | 64.80 |
| 2018 | 62.30 |
| 2019 | 60.10 |
| 2020 | 58.00 |
Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births)
The value for Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births) in Afghanistan was 54.30 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 59 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 343.70 in 1961 and a minimum value of 54.30 in 2020.
Definition: Under-five mortality rate, female is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn female baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to female age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.
Source: Estimates Developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1961 | 343.70 |
| 1962 | 338.10 |
| 1963 | 332.50 |
| 1964 | 327.30 |
| 1965 | 322.30 |
| 1966 | 316.70 |
| 1967 | 311.40 |
| 1968 | 305.90 |
| 1969 | 300.60 |
| 1970 | 295.20 |
| 1971 | 289.70 |
| 1972 | 284.20 |
| 1973 | 278.60 |
| 1974 | 273.00 |
| 1975 | 267.50 |
| 1976 | 261.70 |
| 1977 | 256.00 |
| 1978 | 250.10 |
| 1979 | 243.90 |
| 1980 | 237.80 |
| 1981 | 231.60 |
| 1982 | 225.30 |
| 1983 | 219.00 |
| 1984 | 212.70 |
| 1985 | 206.10 |
| 1986 | 199.60 |
| 1987 | 193.10 |
| 1988 | 186.60 |
| 1989 | 180.30 |
| 1990 | 173.90 |
| 1991 | 167.80 |
| 1992 | 161.90 |
| 1993 | 156.20 |
| 1994 | 151.00 |
| 1995 | 146.00 |
| 1996 | 141.20 |
| 1997 | 136.80 |
| 1998 | 132.70 |
| 1999 | 128.60 |
| 2000 | 124.60 |
| 2001 | 120.80 |
| 2002 | 116.90 |
| 2003 | 112.70 |
| 2004 | 108.50 |
| 2005 | 104.40 |
| 2006 | 100.10 |
| 2007 | 95.90 |
| 2008 | 91.80 |
| 2009 | 87.90 |
| 2010 | 84.00 |
| 2011 | 80.30 |
| 2012 | 76.70 |
| 2013 | 73.20 |
| 2014 | 69.90 |
| 2015 | 66.70 |
| 2016 | 63.80 |
| 2017 | 61.10 |
| 2018 | 58.70 |
| 2019 | 56.40 |
| 2020 | 54.30 |
Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births)
The value for Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births) in Afghanistan was 61.40 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 59 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 359.80 in 1961 and a minimum value of 61.40 in 2020.
Definition: Under-five mortality rate, male is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn male baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to male age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.
Source: Estimates Developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1961 | 359.80 |
| 1962 | 354.00 |
| 1963 | 348.30 |
| 1964 | 342.60 |
| 1965 | 337.00 |
| 1966 | 331.30 |
| 1967 | 325.90 |
| 1968 | 320.30 |
| 1969 | 314.60 |
| 1970 | 309.00 |
| 1971 | 303.20 |
| 1972 | 297.50 |
| 1973 | 291.70 |
| 1974 | 285.80 |
| 1975 | 279.80 |
| 1976 | 273.80 |
| 1977 | 267.80 |
| 1978 | 261.60 |
| 1979 | 255.10 |
| 1980 | 248.80 |
| 1981 | 242.20 |
| 1982 | 235.40 |
| 1983 | 228.90 |
| 1984 | 222.30 |
| 1985 | 215.50 |
| 1986 | 208.90 |
| 1987 | 202.20 |
| 1988 | 195.50 |
| 1989 | 188.90 |
| 1990 | 182.50 |
| 1991 | 176.30 |
| 1992 | 170.50 |
| 1993 | 165.00 |
| 1994 | 159.80 |
| 1995 | 154.90 |
| 1996 | 150.40 |
| 1997 | 146.00 |
| 1998 | 141.70 |
| 1999 | 137.60 |
| 2000 | 133.50 |
| 2001 | 129.40 |
| 2002 | 125.00 |
| 2003 | 120.80 |
| 2004 | 116.60 |
| 2005 | 112.30 |
| 2006 | 108.00 |
| 2007 | 103.60 |
| 2008 | 99.40 |
| 2009 | 95.30 |
| 2010 | 91.30 |
| 2011 | 87.40 |
| 2012 | 83.80 |
| 2013 | 80.40 |
| 2014 | 77.10 |
| 2015 | 73.90 |
| 2016 | 71.00 |
| 2017 | 68.20 |
| 2018 | 65.80 |
| 2019 | 63.50 |
| 2020 | 61.40 |
Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births)
The value for Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births) in Afghanistan was 35.20 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 33 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 78.90 in 1987 and a minimum value of 35.20 in 2020.
Definition: Neonatal mortality rate is the number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.
Source: Estimates Developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1987 | 78.90 |
| 1988 | 77.30 |
| 1989 | 75.90 |
| 1990 | 74.30 |
| 1991 | 72.80 |
| 1992 | 71.30 |
| 1993 | 69.80 |
| 1994 | 68.40 |
| 1995 | 67.00 |
| 1996 | 65.70 |
| 1997 | 64.40 |
| 1998 | 63.20 |
| 1999 | 62.10 |
| 2000 | 60.90 |
| 2001 | 59.70 |
| 2002 | 58.50 |
| 2003 | 57.20 |
| 2004 | 55.90 |
| 2005 | 54.60 |
| 2006 | 53.20 |
| 2007 | 51.70 |
| 2008 | 50.30 |
| 2009 | 48.90 |
| 2010 | 47.40 |
| 2011 | 46.00 |
| 2012 | 44.60 |
| 2013 | 43.20 |
| 2014 | 41.90 |
| 2015 | 40.50 |
| 2016 | 39.30 |
| 2017 | 38.20 |
| 2018 | 37.20 |
| 2019 | 36.10 |
| 2020 | 35.20 |
Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults)
The value for Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults) in Afghanistan was 185.15 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 551.12 in 1960 and a minimum value of 185.15 in 2020.
Definition: Adult mortality rate, female, is the probability of dying between the ages of 15 and 60--that is, the probability of a 15-year-old female dying before reaching age 60, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year between those ages.
Source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision. (2) University of California, Berkeley, and Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research. The Human Mortality Database.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 551.12 |
| 1961 | 545.51 |
| 1962 | 539.90 |
| 1963 | 534.65 |
| 1964 | 529.39 |
| 1965 | 524.14 |
| 1966 | 518.89 |
| 1967 | 513.63 |
| 1968 | 508.26 |
| 1969 | 502.89 |
| 1970 | 497.51 |
| 1971 | 492.14 |
| 1972 | 486.76 |
| 1973 | 480.74 |
| 1974 | 474.71 |
| 1975 | 468.68 |
| 1976 | 462.66 |
| 1977 | 456.63 |
| 1978 | 449.34 |
| 1979 | 442.05 |
| 1980 | 434.77 |
| 1981 | 427.48 |
| 1982 | 420.19 |
| 1983 | 410.71 |
| 1984 | 401.22 |
| 1985 | 391.74 |
| 1986 | 382.25 |
| 1987 | 372.77 |
| 1988 | 364.51 |
| 1989 | 356.26 |
| 1990 | 348.01 |
| 1991 | 339.75 |
| 1992 | 331.50 |
| 1993 | 326.24 |
| 1994 | 320.99 |
| 1995 | 315.73 |
| 1996 | 310.48 |
| 1997 | 305.22 |
| 1998 | 299.41 |
| 1999 | 293.60 |
| 2000 | 287.79 |
| 2001 | 281.98 |
| 2002 | 276.16 |
| 2003 | 269.54 |
| 2004 | 262.92 |
| 2005 | 256.29 |
| 2006 | 249.67 |
| 2007 | 243.05 |
| 2008 | 238.35 |
| 2009 | 233.66 |
| 2010 | 228.97 |
| 2011 | 224.28 |
| 2012 | 219.59 |
| 2013 | 215.31 |
| 2014 | 211.03 |
| 2015 | 206.75 |
| 2016 | 202.47 |
| 2017 | 198.18 |
| 2018 | 192.53 |
| 2019 | 188.84 |
| 2020 | 185.15 |
Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults)
The value for Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults) in Afghanistan was 230.21 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 604.60 in 1960 and a minimum value of 230.21 in 2020.
Definition: Adult mortality rate, male, is the probability of dying between the ages of 15 and 60--that is, the probability of a 15-year-old male dying before reaching age 60, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year between those ages.
Source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision. (2) University of California, Berkeley, and Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research. The Human Mortality Database.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 604.60 |
| 1961 | 598.91 |
| 1962 | 593.22 |
| 1963 | 587.75 |
| 1964 | 582.28 |
| 1965 | 576.82 |
| 1966 | 571.35 |
| 1967 | 565.88 |
| 1968 | 560.33 |
| 1969 | 554.78 |
| 1970 | 549.24 |
| 1971 | 543.69 |
| 1972 | 538.14 |
| 1973 | 531.89 |
| 1974 | 525.64 |
| 1975 | 519.39 |
| 1976 | 513.14 |
| 1977 | 506.89 |
| 1978 | 499.25 |
| 1979 | 491.60 |
| 1980 | 483.95 |
| 1981 | 476.31 |
| 1982 | 468.66 |
| 1983 | 459.36 |
| 1984 | 450.07 |
| 1985 | 440.77 |
| 1986 | 431.48 |
| 1987 | 422.18 |
| 1988 | 413.48 |
| 1989 | 404.78 |
| 1990 | 396.09 |
| 1991 | 387.39 |
| 1992 | 378.69 |
| 1993 | 373.41 |
| 1994 | 368.13 |
| 1995 | 362.84 |
| 1996 | 357.56 |
| 1997 | 352.28 |
| 1998 | 346.14 |
| 1999 | 340.01 |
| 2000 | 333.88 |
| 2001 | 327.74 |
| 2002 | 321.61 |
| 2003 | 314.53 |
| 2004 | 307.46 |
| 2005 | 300.39 |
| 2006 | 293.31 |
| 2007 | 286.24 |
| 2008 | 281.26 |
| 2009 | 276.28 |
| 2010 | 271.30 |
| 2011 | 266.32 |
| 2012 | 261.34 |
| 2013 | 257.14 |
| 2014 | 252.93 |
| 2015 | 248.72 |
| 2016 | 244.52 |
| 2017 | 240.31 |
| 2018 | 237.55 |
| 2019 | 233.88 |
| 2020 | 230.21 |
Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births)
The value for Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births) in Afghanistan was 41.50 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 59 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 225.80 in 1961 and a minimum value of 41.50 in 2020.
Definition: Infant mortality rate, female is the number of female infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 female live births in a given year.
Source: Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1961 | 225.80 |
| 1962 | 221.80 |
| 1963 | 217.90 |
| 1964 | 214.20 |
| 1965 | 210.60 |
| 1966 | 207.00 |
| 1967 | 203.20 |
| 1968 | 199.60 |
| 1969 | 196.10 |
| 1970 | 192.40 |
| 1971 | 188.80 |
| 1972 | 185.10 |
| 1973 | 181.30 |
| 1974 | 177.70 |
| 1975 | 174.00 |
| 1976 | 170.30 |
| 1977 | 166.50 |
| 1978 | 162.60 |
| 1979 | 158.60 |
| 1980 | 154.60 |
| 1981 | 150.60 |
| 1982 | 146.50 |
| 1983 | 142.50 |
| 1984 | 138.50 |
| 1985 | 134.50 |
| 1986 | 130.60 |
| 1987 | 126.50 |
| 1988 | 122.60 |
| 1989 | 118.70 |
| 1990 | 114.90 |
| 1991 | 111.10 |
| 1992 | 107.70 |
| 1993 | 104.30 |
| 1994 | 101.10 |
| 1995 | 98.10 |
| 1996 | 95.10 |
| 1997 | 92.40 |
| 1998 | 89.90 |
| 1999 | 87.40 |
| 2000 | 85.00 |
| 2001 | 82.70 |
| 2002 | 80.40 |
| 2003 | 77.80 |
| 2004 | 75.30 |
| 2005 | 72.70 |
| 2006 | 70.10 |
| 2007 | 67.50 |
| 2008 | 65.00 |
| 2009 | 62.60 |
| 2010 | 60.30 |
| 2011 | 57.90 |
| 2012 | 55.70 |
| 2013 | 53.60 |
| 2014 | 51.60 |
| 2015 | 49.60 |
| 2016 | 47.70 |
| 2017 | 46.10 |
| 2018 | 44.50 |
| 2019 | 42.90 |
| 2020 | 41.50 |
Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births)
The value for Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) in Afghanistan was 45.00 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 59 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 237.50 in 1961 and a minimum value of 45.00 in 2020.
Definition: Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.
Source: Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1961 | 237.50 |
| 1962 | 233.20 |
| 1963 | 229.20 |
| 1964 | 225.30 |
| 1965 | 221.50 |
| 1966 | 217.70 |
| 1967 | 213.80 |
| 1968 | 209.90 |
| 1969 | 206.20 |
| 1970 | 202.20 |
| 1971 | 198.40 |
| 1972 | 194.50 |
| 1973 | 190.70 |
| 1974 | 186.70 |
| 1975 | 182.70 |
| 1976 | 178.80 |
| 1977 | 174.90 |
| 1978 | 170.80 |
| 1979 | 166.50 |
| 1980 | 162.40 |
| 1981 | 158.20 |
| 1982 | 153.90 |
| 1983 | 149.60 |
| 1984 | 145.40 |
| 1985 | 141.30 |
| 1986 | 137.20 |
| 1987 | 133.00 |
| 1988 | 128.90 |
| 1989 | 124.80 |
| 1990 | 120.80 |
| 1991 | 117.10 |
| 1992 | 113.50 |
| 1993 | 110.10 |
| 1994 | 106.90 |
| 1995 | 103.90 |
| 1996 | 101.00 |
| 1997 | 98.20 |
| 1998 | 95.60 |
| 1999 | 93.00 |
| 2000 | 90.50 |
| 2001 | 87.90 |
| 2002 | 85.30 |
| 2003 | 82.70 |
| 2004 | 80.00 |
| 2005 | 77.30 |
| 2006 | 74.60 |
| 2007 | 71.90 |
| 2008 | 69.20 |
| 2009 | 66.70 |
| 2010 | 64.20 |
| 2011 | 61.80 |
| 2012 | 59.50 |
| 2013 | 57.30 |
| 2014 | 55.20 |
| 2015 | 53.20 |
| 2016 | 51.30 |
| 2017 | 49.50 |
| 2018 | 47.90 |
| 2019 | 46.40 |
| 2020 | 45.00 |
Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births)
The value for Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births) in Afghanistan was 48.10 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 59 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 248.40 in 1961 and a minimum value of 48.10 in 2020.
Definition: Infant mortality rate, male is the number of male infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 male live births in a given year.
Source: Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1961 | 248.40 |
| 1962 | 244.30 |
| 1963 | 240.00 |
| 1964 | 235.90 |
| 1965 | 231.70 |
| 1966 | 227.70 |
| 1967 | 223.60 |
| 1968 | 219.60 |
| 1969 | 215.60 |
| 1970 | 211.50 |
| 1971 | 207.50 |
| 1972 | 203.50 |
| 1973 | 199.50 |
| 1974 | 195.10 |
| 1975 | 191.00 |
| 1976 | 186.90 |
| 1977 | 182.70 |
| 1978 | 178.50 |
| 1979 | 174.10 |
| 1980 | 169.60 |
| 1981 | 165.20 |
| 1982 | 160.70 |
| 1983 | 156.30 |
| 1984 | 152.00 |
| 1985 | 147.80 |
| 1986 | 143.50 |
| 1987 | 139.20 |
| 1988 | 134.80 |
| 1989 | 130.60 |
| 1990 | 126.50 |
| 1991 | 122.70 |
| 1992 | 119.00 |
| 1993 | 115.70 |
| 1994 | 112.50 |
| 1995 | 109.40 |
| 1996 | 106.70 |
| 1997 | 103.80 |
| 1998 | 101.00 |
| 1999 | 98.30 |
| 2000 | 95.60 |
| 2001 | 92.90 |
| 2002 | 90.10 |
| 2003 | 87.30 |
| 2004 | 84.60 |
| 2005 | 81.70 |
| 2006 | 78.90 |
| 2007 | 76.10 |
| 2008 | 73.30 |
| 2009 | 70.60 |
| 2010 | 67.90 |
| 2011 | 65.40 |
| 2012 | 63.00 |
| 2013 | 60.80 |
| 2014 | 58.60 |
| 2015 | 56.50 |
| 2016 | 54.60 |
| 2017 | 52.80 |
| 2018 | 51.10 |
| 2019 | 49.60 |
| 2020 | 48.10 |
Classification
Topic: Health Indicators
Sub-Topic: Mortality
